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Player lying about being a judge to bully a new LGS owner

May 27, 2014 05:33:17 PM

James Arriola
Judge (Level 1 (Judge Academy))

USA - Northeast

Player lying about being a judge to bully a new LGS owner

Hello,

I am looking for advice on how to handle a situation. I am the head judge of a new LGS. Due to a busy schedual, I have not been able to oversee the tournaments, help with WER, ETC.

Another player who said he was a judge has been bullying the store owner. He has been forcing all the events to fire on his time, while extorting promos and store credit out of the owner. What really alarms me is that today, I looked with the owner, and he is not a judge.

Is there any recourse we can take to prevent this player from doing this again? Should I talk to Zimet (My RC) about it?

Thanks
James

TL; DR : Player lies about being a judge to make a new TO do what he says.


May 27, 2014 05:43:09 PM

Bryan Prillaman
Judge (Level 5 (Judge Foundry))

USA - Southeast

Player lying about being a judge to bully a new LGS owner

Your RC is the correct place to start.

However, once you find out how this guy was able to make a TO do what he wanted, please share. There are a lot of “I can't make my TO do what's necessary” threads.
(Kidding on that last part….mostly)

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May 27, 2014 06:02:09 PM

Andrew Heckt
Judge (Uncertified)

Italy and Malta

Player lying about being a judge to bully a new LGS owner

Would you also please report this to Eric Shukan as this is a player issue, not a judge issue.

Andy

From: James Arriola
Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 3:34 PM
To: Heckt, Andy
Subject: Player lying about being a judge to bully a new LGS owner (Tournament Operations)


Hello,

I am looking for advice on how to handle a situation. I am the head judge of a new LGS. Due to a busy schedual, I have not been able to oversee the tournaments, help with WER, ETC.

Another player who said he was a judge has been bullying the store owner. He has been forcing all the events to fire on his time, while extorting promos and store credit out of the owner. What really alarms me is that today, I looked with the owner, and he is not a judge.

Is there any recourse we can take to prevent this player from doing this again? Should I talk to Zimet (My RC) about it?

Thanks
James

TL; DR : Player lies about being a judge to make a new TO do what he says.




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